Coelioxys (Torridapis), PASTEELS, 1977

COELIOXYS (TORRIDAPIS) PASTEELS, 1977

Type species: Coelioxys torrida Smith, 1854 .

Diagnosis: With C. (Liothyrapis) and the species C. (A.) madagascariensis , this Old World subgenus is the only one within Coelioxys in which the compound eyes are bare ( Fig. 4 View Figures 4 and 5 ). Species of C. (Torridapis) can be distinguished from C. madagascariensis by the lateral margins of axilla neither elevated nor carinate ( Fig. 11 View Figures 8–13 ) (conspicuously elevated and carinate in the latter; Fig. 6 View Figures 6 and 7 ). They can be separated from those of C. (Liothyrapis) by the following list of characteristics. Axilla long, free apical portion produced beyond the posterior margin of mesoscutellum, and curved apically ( Fig. 11 View Figures 8–13 ); mesoscutellum with a dorsal median carina at least basally ( Fig. 11 View Figures 8–13 ). Female: T 6 lacking long, erect, thick hairs, with apex ending in an inconspicuous, short, spine-like process ( Fig. 12 View Figures 8–13 ); T 6 and S6 gradually tapering, greatly elongate, S6 folded, subacute apically, its lateral margins with an inconspicuous fringe composed of short brownish hairs ( Fig. 12 View Figures 8–13 ). Male: hypostomal area lacking concavity; T 6 basally lacking, or with short, flattened lateral expanded areas, never with long, acute teeth ( Fig. 13 View Figures 8–13 ); S4 medially sulcate, hairy, and S6 long, ≥1.2 9 longer than broad.

Comments: Ten species are classified in this subgenus ( Ascher & Pickering, 2015), with a new one described by Rocha-Filho (2016); the four Afrotropical species were revised by Pasteels (1968) and classified as Liothyrapis, the other species come from Indomalayan or Palaearctic regions, Mauritius or Madagascar.

List of species: Coelioxys analis Friese, 1911 , Coelioxys basalis Smith, 1875 , Coelioxys ducalis Smith, 1854 , Coelioxys fenestrata Smith, 1873 , Coelioxys julia Rocha-Filho, 2016 *, Coelioxys kosemponis Strand, 1913 , Coelioxys maculata Friese, 1913 , Coelioxys maculoides Pasteels, 1968 , C. torrida , Coelioxys torridula Pasteels, 1968 , and Coelioxys weinlandi Schulz, 1904 .